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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Jasprit Bumrah is the best fast-bowler in the world right now

Glenn McGrath said "I am a big fan of Jasprit Bumrah, he has been a massive part of the Indian Team and without Bumrah, this Test series might have been one sided, What he does is special "

One GOAT is praising another GOAT but delusion fan's who don't know anything about cricket is talking pure nonsense .

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To put a little bit of content here.
These are the statistics in test in this decade :

Overall best averages for bowlers with at least 50 wickets :
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Best averages in matches not finishing in draws :
This stat is to not have the ultra batting tracks in them, but they have become very few in this decade :

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Best averages against top 5 teams :
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anikrc1 said:
Can you have the stats for away matches?
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Last 15 years sub 27 away avg against non-minnows with 50 plus wickets :


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1985-2000 sub 27 away average against non-minnows with 50 plus test [ Yes SL was minnow till mid 90s, but let's keep it simple ]

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hes the best bowler around in the world atm, dude gets asif like movement bowling it 5 mph quicker. his late release point makes it even "faster" for batsmen to face. whats interesting is, from what ive seen of him, he doesnt bowl the wobble seam, just get prodigious movement with an upright seam.
 
ElRaja said:
hes the best bowler around in the world atm, dude gets asif like movement bowling it 5 mph quicker. his late release point makes it even "faster" for batsmen to face. whats interesting is, from what ive seen of him, he doesnt bowl the wobble seam, just get prodigious movement with an upright seam.
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He’s also metronomic. Hardly misses the right lines and lengths for a given pitch.
Also, the “talent” brigade should notice Bumrah’s growth as a pacer since debut. There is no substitute for hard work. He’s a bigger threat now than ever before.
 
Buffet said:
Last 15 years sub 27 away avg against non-minnows with 50 plus wickets :


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I like that you bring data in the discussion. Thanks for this.
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I appreciate the data-driven approach to this discussion—thanks for that.

That said, it's worth noting that India, South Africa, England, and Australia play most of their Test cricket on fast-bowling-friendly pitches, which is a significant factor. These teams, except SA to some extent, also play a higher volume of Tests.

In contrast, Pakistan's persistent use of flat pitches, whether in the UAE or at home, has been frustrating. This undoubtedly skews the stats and is further compounded by internal issues, poor injury management, and an over-reliance on raw pace rather than balance.
 
Farabi said:
I appreciate the data-driven approach to this discussion—thanks for that.

That said, it's worth noting that India, South Africa, England, and Australia play most of their Test cricket on fast-bowling-friendly pitches, which is a significant factor. These teams, except SA to some extent, also play a higher volume of Tests.

In contrast, Pakistan's persistent use of flat pitches, whether in the UAE or at home, has been frustrating. This undoubtedly skews the stats and is further compounded by internal issues, poor injury management, and an over-reliance on raw pace rather than balance.
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True, flat roads at home can impact over all average, but it shouldn't impact away average/impact for skillful bowlers. Now skills may not develop if reliance is too much on raw pace so that's certainly an issue.

I am not sure, India pitches are that pacer's friendly where India plays half of their cricket. Not a single visiting pacers with 10 plus test wickets have sub 25 avg in India. Now Indian pacers have been able to use reverse and done well, but that's not like pitches in Eng, SA or Aus where many visiting pacers have also done well.


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Farabi said:
He’s also metronomic. Hardly misses the right lines and lengths for a given pitch.
Also, the “talent” brigade should notice Bumrah’s growth as a pacer since debut. There is no substitute for hard work. He’s a bigger threat now than ever before.
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Wasim Akram said that he was 27-28 by the time he mastered the control over the movement of his balls.

Sachin Tendulkar changed his stance, his bat and stroke play after 2006 to adjust for the tennis elbow issues he had.

Imran Khan developed the outgoing delivery years after he had made his test debut.

There are many such examples of greats who kept learning and developing over the years.

That's why they are greats, they kept evolving.
 
Buffet said:
True, flat roads at home can impact over all average, but it shouldn't impact away average/impact for skillful bowlers. Now skills may not develop if reliance is too much on raw pace so that's certainly an issue.

I am not sure, India pitches are that pacer's friendly where India plays half of their cricket. Not a single visiting pacers with 10 plus test wickets have sub 25 avg in India. Now Indian pacers have been able to use reverse and done well, but that's not like pitches in Eng, SA or Aus where many visiting pacers have also done well.


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Why visiting pacers? This brings in to play other variables too, such as India’s own batting strengths at home and away bowlers not being familiar with how to maximize their skills in these conditions.
How are the local Indian pacers faring in their own backyard?

Also, what are the overall fast bowling averages in Pakistan and India in the last 5 years. That’s more of a direct apples to apples.
 
Farabi said:
Why visiting pacers? This brings in to play other variables too, such as India’s own batting strengths at home and away bowlers not being familiar with how to maximize their skills in these conditions.
How are the local Indian pacers faring in their own backyard?
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That applies to all visiting pacers in all venues. Not just in India but in Aus, SA and Eng as well. They are all bowilng to batsmen playing in home conditions and visiting pacers are not familiar to maximize their skills in these conditions.

And yet,

Lots of pacers visiting pacers have done very well in Aus, SA and Eng - Conclusion, Pitches are far more pacer friendly.
Not many visiting pacers have done well in India - Conclusion, It's a lot less friendly for pacers.

Indian team did not have ATG batting in home conditions in the last 10 years.


Indian pacers mostly used reverse better than visiting pacers. Indian pitches, with some exceptions, did not help pacers with new ball. In the last 10 years, no one will deny that Cummins, Rabada and Anderson were good test pacers after Bumrah. All 3 of them average north of 30 with zero 5-fers in India in the last 10 years. 20 tests combined. It's not my definition of pacers friendly pitches to be honest. Now if you flip it to SA, Eng or Aus then you will find lots of visiting pacers doing well and picking 5-fers.

If you are comparing it to dead pitches custom made by PCB during Aus tour then yah, not many pitches will be that dead for bowlers. Most pitches will feel lively compared to that kind of pitch. I was only comparing Indian pitches to Aus, SA, Eng pitches for pacers.

Indian pacers simply carried the tradition of great Pakistani pacers in using reverse well. But it's with old ball. New ball is not same as bowling in Aus, Eng or SA.
 
Buffet said:
That applies to all visiting pacers in all venues. Not just in India but in Aus, SA and Eng as well. They are all bowilng to batsmen playing in home conditions and visiting pacers are not familiar to maximize their skills in these conditions.

And yet,

Lots of pacers visiting pacers have done very well in Aus, SA and Eng - Conclusion, Pitches are far more pacer friendly.
Not many visiting pacers have done well in India - Conclusion, It's a lot less friendly for pacers.

Indian team did not have ATG batting in home conditions in the last 10 years.


Indian pacers mostly used reverse better than visiting pacers. Indian pitches, with some exceptions, did not help pacers with new ball. In the last 10 years, no one will deny that Cummins, Rabada and Anderson were good test pacers after Bumrah. All 3 of them average north of 30 with zero 5-fers in India in the last 10 years. 20 tests combined. It's not my definition of pacers friendly pitches to be honest. Now if you flip it to SA, Eng or Aus then you will find lots of visiting pacers doing well and picking 5-fers.

If you are comparing it to dead pitches custom made by PCB during Aus tour then yah, not many pitches will be that dead for bowlers. Most pitches will feel lively compared to that kind of pitch. I was only comparing Indian pitches to Aus, SA, Eng pitches for pacers.

Indian pacers simply carried the tradition of great Pakistani pacers in using reverse well. But it's with old ball. New ball is not same as bowling in Aus, Eng or SA.
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Let’s see the data?
Reverse swing is also conditions driven. The kind of pitches Pakistan has been dishing didn’t allow for reverse swing either. It’s not just Australia series. The home pitches have been pathetic since 2000s and the temporary home in UAE didn’t help either.
However, moving forward, if they make more of these dry surfaces like those seen in the England series, then reverse swing will come into play. If that happened then you will see some Pakistani bowlers featuring in above lists. Bookmark this post.
 
Farabi said:
Let’s see the data?
Reverse swing is also conditions driven. The kind of pitches Pakistan has been dishing didn’t allow for reverse swing either. It’s not just Australia series. The home pitches have been pathetic since 2000s and the temporary home in UAE didn’t help either.
However, moving forward, if they make more of these dry surfaces like those seen in the England series, then reverse swing will come into play. If that happened then you will see some Pakistani bowlers featuring in above lists. Bookmark this post.
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Actually the ball reversed in UAE. But Pakistan simply depended on Ajmal and co. to take wickets. Big Mistake.

When people were calling UAE a fortress of Pakistan, i said this will hurt you bad in future.

Result: Today Pakistan doesn't have a real 145 bowler who can reverse the ball.

With the new rules of no spit allowed, its difficult to get reverse in England too. Plus they keep changing the ball.I wonder why no one is talking about these issues.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Actually the ball reversed in UAE. But Pakistan simply depended on Ajmal and co. to take wickets. Big Mistake.

When people were calling UAE a fortress of Pakistan, i said this will hurt you bad in future.

Result: Today Pakistan doesn't have a real 145 bowler who can reverse the ball.

With the new rules of no spit allowed, it’s difficult to get reverse in England too. Plus they keep changing the ball.I wonder why no one is talking about these issues.
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There are literally 0 bowlers in India or in the world who are reversing it at 145 kph.

Swing works and works more at a higher pace. Fair enough. But you can cause riots even in mid 130s.

We saw Shaheen use reverse in SA ODI series to good effect. Naseem and Hassan Ali get it to reverse. Wasim Junior gets reverse with his slingy action. Mir Hamza is very good with reverse swing as well, probably the best in Pakistan right now.
 
Farabi said:
Let’s see the data?
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Farabi said:
The home pitches have been pathetic since 2000s and the temporary home in UAE didn’t help either.
However, moving forward, if they make more of these dry surfaces like those seen in the England series, then reverse swing will come into play. If that happened then you will see some Pakistani bowlers featuring in above lists. Bookmark this post.
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I was not trying to compare India and Pakistan/UAE, but if you still want to do then in the last 10 years,

You can see how visiting pacers have done in Pakistan/UAE vs India below. Some of the same bowlers like Anderson and Cummins are avearging north of 30 in India but have ATG record in Pakistan/UAE. It does not mean that Pakistani/UAE conditions are pacer's friendly, but I was only pointing out that India does not have much of pacers friendly venues in general. It's mostly reverse which comes in play and that's why pacers like Rabada have struggled in India.

Other wise with weak batting of India, we should have seen many pacers doing well in India as well. India does not have a great batting anymore like past.

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31 wickets into the series, already an all time great series for a fast bowler. One to be remembered for ages. Dare I say I have never seen in my lifetime as a cricket fan a visiting fast bowler going to Australia and completely owning the Aussies mentally like a mafia boss the way Jasprit Bumrah has dominated Australia series after series. I think even people of Bharat and the world might one day forget this but the Aussies and their coming generations will not forget how Jasprit Bumrah dominated them down under.

This is pure cinema.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1875160065029885956
 
Bumrah is shattering the records for fun

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uppercut said:
Scarcely believable that he is with a realistic chance of having his avg dip into the 18's and nearing 50 Test matches and 205 wkts behind him !!! :eek:


his stats Right now at lunch on T5D2 : 205 @ 19.37 and a S/R of 42 !!

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Average dipping under 18 will take another ATG series or facing WI/SL/Zim/BD etc. It feels easy seeing how he is bowling, but bowlers can't maintain such intensity for too long.

What are next 2 serieses for India?
 
Buffet said:
It will take another ATG series or facing WI/SL/Zim/BD etc.

What are next 2 serieses for India?
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BCCI is very poor with scheduling .... I think its just the Eng series in Eng this summer and I am pretty sure Eng will go for flat pitches lol


But I hope he does not play the Champions trophy or the IPL.
 
Away Avg of pacers - Sub 27 - 100 plus wickets - against non-minnows

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Away SR of pacers - Sub 27 - 100 plus wickets - against non-minnows
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Another 40 away wickets with similar SR will look 200 away wickets( mostly against top teams ) with SR 42-43

If he gets that then comfortably among the top 3-4 test bowlers in history. Best Avg and SR combo right now is Hadlee with avg of 21.7 and SR 48.

Can Bumrah surpass the best Avg and SR combination in history?



It looks easy based on how he is bowling, but it never easy as you can see only 7 pacers have SR below 50 and only 6 pacers have avg below 23. Even less have both.
 
Why I have rated him very high from a while despite less wickets,

Only 4 pacers in history have sub 25 away avg and sub 50 SR against non-minnows.
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If he ends his career with 200 away with sub 22 average and sub 50 SR then he will end up with Marshall, McGrath and Hadlee. Everyone else will be far behind in this combination.

10-12 away tests should take him there but he has to maintain good intensity even if it's lower than ridiculous high standards right now.

Again, it's not easy even if Bumrah is making it look easy. 12 great away tests is never easy, as we can see history of 55 years and also his peers right now.

We are watching a genius. Fans should enjoy it.

I did not see Marshall and Hadlee, but saw McGrath. Now seeing Bumrah.
 
Buffet said:
Why I have rated him very high from a while despite less wickets,

Only 4 pacers in history have sub 25 away avg and sub 50 SR against non-minnows.
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If he ends his career with 200 away with sub 22 average and sub 50 SR then he will end up with Marshall, McGrath and Hadlee. Everyone else will be far behind in this combination.

10-12 away tests should take him there but he has to maintain good intensity even if it's lower than ridiculous high standards right now.

Again, it's not easy even if Bumrah is making it look easy. 12 great away tests is never easy, as we can see history of 55 years and also his peers right now.

We are watching a genius. Fans should enjoy it.

I did not see Marshall and Hadlee, but saw McGrath. Now seeing Bumrah.
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They all are all time top 5 include steyn aswell in test matches. Rest are notch below
 
Golu-momin said:
They all are all time top 5 include steyn aswell in test matches. Rest are notch below
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Funnily, in impact those 4 and Steyn appear in the top 5.

I will wait to put him in top 5 over all. More to go. Right now in top 10 for me comfortably.



5-fers in away wins against non-minnows.

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Buffet said:
Average dipping under 18 will take another ATG series or facing WI/SL/Zim/BD etc. It feels easy seeing how he is bowling, but bowlers can't maintain such intensity for too long.

What are next 2 serieses for India?
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5 tests England away 2025

2 tests vs WI and 2 tests SA Home 2025

1 test Afghanistan Home 2026

2 tests SL Home 2026

2 tests NZ Away 2026

5 tests Australia Home 2027


17 tests in next 2 years.
 
cricketjoshila said:
5 tests England away 2025

2 tests vs WI and 2 tests SA Home 2025

1 test Afghanistan Home 2026

2 tests SL Home 2026

2 tests NZ Away 2026

5 tests Australia Home 2027


17 tests in next 2 years.
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If he remains fit and takes rest in low profile series,

4 tests vs England away(1 he will rest)
2 tests vs SA home
2 tests vs SL away
2 tests vs NZ away
4 tests vs Aus home

Total 14 tests he should play from now by the time he goes into 2027 World Cup.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Seemed like the run up to a classic wrestling scene for sure. All we needed was Sam Kostas to start running behind with a chair and a fight for the hardcore championship
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Australian cricket broadcasting is always next level. Kudos to them for adding this WWE kinda cinematic spectacle to test cricket.

All these years people talked about how to make test cricket interesting, guess no one thought of broadcaster’s contribution. Sure you need personalities and competitive contest to make it seem as great as it does here.

Would have been fun to see Jasprit Bumrah making a slightly delayed entrance as #11 coming straight from the parking lot passed up and all lol :akhtar Might as well add entrance music. Bumrah coming on Hollywood Rock music. :yk @shaz619 @RedwoodOriginal
 
Bhaijaan said:
Australian cricket broadcasting is always next level. Kudos to them for adding this WWE kinda cinematic spectacle to test cricket.

All these years people talked about how to make test cricket interesting, guess no one thought of broadcaster’s contribution. Sure you need personalities and competitive contest to make it seem as great as it does here.

Would have been fun to see Jasprit Bumrah making a slightly delayed entrance as #11 coming straight from the parking lot passed up and all lol :akhtar Might as well add entrance music. Bumrah coming on Hollywood Rock music. :yk @shaz619 @RedwoodOriginal
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And Shastri on commentary 🤣

He could have made a great wrestling commentator.

They should have done a similar video when he came back as well. That would have been epic.
 
Bumrah's comeback should be like Austin coming back from ambulance. There should be a few cruiserweight jobber equivalents to beat up,like a Bangladeshi batting lineup, as well.
 
sweep_shot said:
Bumrah has demonstrated he has poor fitness. You shouldn't break down over 5 Test matches.
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He is a jet engine not a stock bowler. It's normal.

You use jet engines with care. 4 over spells max.

He carried the attack all by himself as there is no shami.
 
"Bowled Over (Sam Who?)"

Yo, Jasprit Bumrah in the house, Sam Konstas a joke.
Hollywood Rock vibes, Aussie batting line-up broke.

Sammy boy, yo game’s a comedy,
They call me the YorkerKing, you a parody.

You call yourself a playa? That’s a reach,
Chico you can’t even hit sixes at the Bondi Beach 🤡

Your game sucks, you weak as Tea!
Messin’ with Kohli son? Gonna carry his bags at RCB

I humble you, you ain’t worth a dime,
THEY CALL JASPRIT BUMRAH THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!! 🐐

Mic drop..

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Has anyone checked in on Michael Holding. Is the old man ok. Has he tuned out of cricket to avoid Bumrah's legend. Or has everyone finally tired of his hypocrisies and he now just another irrelevant man who was once pretty good at something.
 
No surprises here.

Bumrah is named the player of the series BGT 2024/25
He earned it. Had he not been injured, things could have been more in favor of india.
 
BouncerGuy said:
No surprises here.

Bumrah is named the player of the series BGT 2024/25
He earned it. Had he not been injured, things could have been more in favor of india.
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India lost 2 Tests with him and would have lost a third too if it wasn’t for rain. Indians will hang on to this excuse until the cows come home, but it will not change the reality.
 
Bumrah did nothing but pad his stats on this tour. His wickets tally and average have gone up and down, but at the end of the day, he is going home as a loser.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Boy got injured at the wrong time. India suffered in his absence
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It happens. I think Rohit illustrated how a fast bowler should not be used in the last test. He used him in 10 spells or something. Even Bumrah complained about getting revved up for each spell. It took toll of him and there is a video also where Bumrah is seen saying "Bas abhi. Nahi lag raha hai zor." Rohit is directly responsible for this injury. A fast bowler would rather prefer slightly longer spell and longer break rather than shorter spells and shorter break. Especially if he is your strike bowler you should try to get the best out of others. Today in his absence India still picked 12 wickets

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/cri...a-tells-him-to-bowl-one-more-over/ar-AA1wG4GI​

 
Best performance by any pacer in away series in more than 30 years. A well deserved MOS.

If not for super human effort by Bumrah, series would have been whitewash for India. Aus and India both batted poorly in top order, but Aus at least had good pace unit. That's what won them the series.

Aus top order needs to get sorted before the next Ashes in Aus. Eng does not have anyone close to Bumrah's caliber, but this time I think Eng will have good set of bowlers for Aus conditions.
 
Mamoon said:
Bumrah did nothing but pad his stats on this tour. His wickets tally and average have gone up and down, but at the end of the day, he is going home as a loser.
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Because of this attitude, Pakistani fans do not get respect in world cricket.
 
Buffet said:
Best performance by any pacer in away series in more than 30 years. A well deserved MOS.

If not for super human effort by Bumrah, series would have been whitewash for India. Aus and India both batted poorly in top order, but Aus at least had good pace unit. That's what won them the series.

Aus top order needs to get sorted before the next Ashes in Aus. Eng does not have anyone close to Bumrah's caliber, but this time I think Eng will have good set of bowlers for Aus conditions.
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No.

Bumrah only stat padded during this series. Lol, says a 'learned' poster.

If someone stat pads while averaging 12-odd on an Australian tour, give me more such stat padders in Indian team.
 
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